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Category Archives: Snacks
Chilaquiles – with Max’s mole sauce – OMG incredible!
Chilaquiles are so delicious and with our farm manager’s Mole sauce truly divine. Here is the recipe: Max’s Chilaquiles Ingredients FRESH corn tortillas cut into strips – one per person (you can take a short cut and use tortilla chips … Continue reading
Posted in Blog, Cheese, Family, Little farm products, Max Arteaga Recipes, Raising Children, Recipes, Recipes to Make with Children, Snacks
Tagged ancho chiles, breakfast food, Chilaquiles, corn tortillas, cream, green onions, Mexican Food, Mole, non fat sour cream, Nuevo Mexico Chilis, salso, sour cream, stale tortilla chips, tortillas, verde
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Fruit Juices – no calories and delicious!
I never seem to drink enough water – one needs at least 8 glasses a day – 10 if possible. What makes it really tasty and tolerable for me is adding stuff to it that gives it taste without the … Continue reading
I promised the grandkids that I would bake each of them a cake – what fun we had! Paw Patrol, Spiderman, Batman & Ninjas!
The Segil Bakeoff! A sugar high for about 3 days! WHOOPIE! You can see that much of the chocolate frosting missed the cake and went into little mouths. But that is what being at Grandma’s house is all about right?? … Continue reading
Posted in Blog, Desserts, Family, Other wonderful treats, Raising Children, Snacks
Tagged Batman cakes, chocolate frosting, cooking, cooking with kids, cupcakes, family, Funfetti Frosting, grandchildren, Grandma, grandsons, love of family, Paw Patrol Cakes, Spiderman cakes, Thanksgiving, togetherness
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Nectarines and Peaches from the Little Farm – the taste cannot be compared to those from the market
If you have ever tasted fruit from the tree – you know the difference in taste from the pasty, cardboard, hard and tasteless fruit that is offered to us for purchase in supermarkets. Even organically grown fruit is put into … Continue reading
A really healthy no calorie drink that costs very little to make – try it!
Our three year old grandsons are getting cuter every day. And they love to go to the farmers market ( as well as to come to the Little Farm) . Last week they enjoyed face painting. This last weekend they … Continue reading
A life of meaning is a life full of happiness – giving back creates a life of meaning
I consider myself blessed that my life is full of meaning – hence I am happy. This is not just my feeling. There has been significant research done on what it means to be happy. Here is a fascinating article … Continue reading
Posted in Blog, Family, Recipes, Recipes to Make with Children, Snacks, Vegetables
Tagged Candied Pumpkin Seeds, cooking with kids, grandkids, Grandma, Halloween, happiness, Meaningfulness
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Homemade Spinach Artichoke Dip – with sun dried tomatoes! Easy when cooking with kids!
I love dips. I could just eat them with a spoon and forget the chips – are you like that? YUM! But often they are so chock full of calories that they go directly to my hips ! So here … Continue reading
Pumpkin Bread from The Little Farm – so delicious I sold it at Williams Sonoma!
I had such an exciting invitation! To present my artisanal cheeses and jams and breads ( pumpkin, banana, persimmon and zucchini) at Williams Sonoma and sell them there! What a thrill! So I prepared for months – literally – preparing … Continue reading
Posted in Blog, Desserts, Little farm products, Live Events, Recipes, Recipes to Make with Children, Snacks
Tagged cooking with kids, desserts, Pumpkin bread, recipes, snacks
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Leftover Dinner Wraps – great when cooking with kids or for fast easy meals
Leftovers can make the most creative ( and easiest) meals. We always seem to have some chicken left over from whatever we make for dinner. And I have goat cheese galore in my home – you probably keep some in … Continue reading
Posted in Blog, Family, Gluten Free, Poultry, Recipes, Recipes to Make with Children, Salad, Snacks, Vegetables
Tagged chicken, cooking with kids, leftovers, low fat mayo, pickles, sun dried tomatoes, tomatoes, Wraps
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Cooking with kids – CATHEAD BISCUITS! A recipe from the old south but quick and easy!
Cathead Biscuits: Easy Biscuits in the Oven or on the Stovetop Because you don’t have to roll the dough and cut the biscuits, drop biscuits are faster than cut biscuits. This recipe filled an 11-inch skillet perfectly and made nine … Continue reading
Posted in Blog, Desserts, Jams, Recipes, Recipes to Make with Children, Snacks
Tagged biscuits, biscuits and jam, butter, Cathead biscuits, cooking with kids, old south, skillet, southern cooking
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Fennel – an amazing herb – cooking with kids and teaching them the value of herbs in adding flavor (instead of salt) – also a Sugar Cookie Recipe
Fennel is a wonderful herb that grows wild in California. If you ride horses, during the spring time in California, there is an abundance of wild mustard and fennel that grows along with sage and your steed will love to … Continue reading
Posted in Blog, Desserts, Raising Children, Recipes, Recipes to Make with Children, Snacks, Tips
Tagged cooking with kids, desserts, family, farming, Fennel, fennel pollen, meals, pollen, recipes, sugar cookies, tips, treats, urban farming
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Tasty Thursdays – A Mexican Crumb Coffee Cake – Yum!
A Mexican crumb cake or coffeecake is swirled with cinnamon and chocolate. With the right cinnamon and chocolate combination and a good, fairly dense cake, it can be luscious. Remember to put on your favorite music when you bake – … Continue reading
Posted in Blog, Desserts, Family, Raising Children, Recipes, Recipes to Make with Children, Snacks
Tagged Bavarian Cream, cake, caramel, chocolate, cinnamon, cooking with kids, cream, Mexican Crumb cake, pie, syrup
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You won’t believe what’s in this dish! Abe & Arthur’s Restaurant in NYC – Cauliflower with White Chocolate – Cooking with Kids!
Yes kids will LOVE cauliflower after you serve them this! Cooking with kids can be such fun and when they help you prepare CAULIFLOWER – yes that vegetable that most kids have never eaten – they will gobble this up! … Continue reading
Tuesday Tips Cooking with Kids and More! “Why didn’t I think of that?”
This is the Fourth in the Series: WHY DIDN’T I THINK OF THAT? I am not the most craft oriented person – in fact, I used to dread arts and crafts days at school and am not the grandma who … Continue reading
Posted in Blog, Other wonderful treats, Snacks, Tips
Tagged apples, cooking with kids, Grandma, hulling, iphone, lunch box, sound, strawberries
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Cooking with kids – planting, watering, waiting, growing, picking and eating your food!!!
Source: Uploaded by user via Larraine on Pinterest What could be better than planting, watering, waiting, growing, picking and eating your food! And snow peas are a wonderful healthy snack. The next best thing is cooking with kids – and … Continue reading
Posted in Blog, Snacks, Vegetables
Tagged big city, cooking, cooking with kids, eggs, gardening, grandma music, grandparents, hens, organic farming, planting growing, Snow peas, urban farming, watering
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